You know what we love about L.A? Its vast diversity. It's just amazing. From the Bangladeshi store keepers to the Oaxacans along Venice Boulevard. You want Thai tacos? We know a place ...

But before we break out in "Kumbaya," there is this little story about a Korean guy who doesn't like Jews. Allegedly.

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Only in L.A:

Late yesterday prosecutors announced they have charged 46-year-old Wan Ryung Song, a.k.a. Patrick Song, with "making malicious false bomb reports and vandalism of religious property" -- and hate crime, according to a District Attorney's statement.

Phew.

Turns out Song allegedly phoned in a bomb threat Tuesday morning: Cops say he told operators explosives had been planted on or near a police car parked outside the Wilshire Boulevard Temple.

Dennis Romero is an L.A. Weekly staff writer. He formerly worked at the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Los Angeles Times, where he participated in Pulitzer Prize-winning coverage of the L.A. riots. His work has appeared in Rolling Stone online, the Guardian and, as a young stringer, the New York Times.